{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-558.12","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.12","heading":"Alternative dower rights before assignment; occupation, profits and rents receipts.","body":"Sec. 12.\n\nWhen a widow is entitled to dower in the lands of which her husband died seized, she may continue to occupy the same with the children or other heirs of the deceased, or may receive 1/3 part of the rents, issues and profits thereof, so long as the heirs or others interested do not object, without having the dower assigned.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 558","Act R-S-of-1846"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-558-12","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"3ecb98fe050f2d81c256259f08427f322f5f4e95aafb1378a10bc206850bd6d4","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-558.1","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-558.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}